The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-12-10
why Sam Housto. Left His Wife.
rSt. LouIs Special

ISL xlUuiS SopCSitt'j l
The blank in the history of the
famous Sam Houston sat last been
filled up. 1t will be remembered that,
after living for SOME time among the
Cherokee India''s and fighting In the
war Of 1sl2-4e.le settled In Tennessee,
began thef practice of law, was Twice
elected : Congress, and In 1877 was
electe Governor Of Tennessee, ana 10
Jas,uary. 1929, he was married to the
belle Of Tennessee, aud in less tnan SIX
months 4 fter his marriage he suddenly
resioned the governorship, deserted his
wife and home, and disappeared. rms
created an intense sensation through>
out the country, as Houston was re-
earded az the most promising man ~
| the South. The cause Of Houstons
lreeignation OF the governorshtp, his
ldesertion Of his bride and his abandon
,nent of the path of civilization nos
always been a mystery. He never
revealed 1t himself TO his friends
A staff correspondent of the st. LOUIS
i Republican, sent to Tahlequah, l. H.,
4 to write up the Indian troubles, obtain.
cd from undoubted authority facts that
clear M this mystery. When Hous-
ton resigned the gOvernorshtP ne foue
lstrairht from Tennessee's capital to the
Arkansas river, He fell In with q band
lof Osape Indians, near the present site
, of Fort Gibson, told them he desired
To live with the tribe, and ne wae
welcomed. He donucd breech ciou,
and blanket, shaved his head to the
, crown and daubed his face with paint
/. He cut himself off entirely from clvlh
: cation aud lived with the Indians. Fo
a time he was leader and married al
indian girl. but afterward he became
!, tdrunkard. While under the influence
= of whisky he told the story of his h'gh
Z from Tennessee to John farley, al
indian companion. farley told it t
= Wolf Star. and from the latter tn
), correspondent got 1t.
:, Houstou's wife married him
= n,ease her parents. She had bee
glnreviously engaged to a young man
% Nashville. but, under parental intiu
I" ence. broke off the engagement anu az
cented Houston's offer of marriage
70 and. in view of his prospects, 1t We
thought that she had made a prllna1
y match. He loved the young woma
~ and was made to believe that she II
~ turned his affections. Houston hao
10 knowledge of the.previous engagement
"' and his wife managed to maintain GU
a. ward cheerfulness for some time. Il
10 returned home one night about
.. O'Clock and his wife was IN bed wee
ling. The husband was solicitous M
the wife fretful. He asked what caus'
her tears, and she gave no sattsiacto
answer.
He continued importuniug her, al
De- at last she told him. She SAID
NJ was bad, wicked woman; that
II, did not love her husband, nut ioV
another man; that she never couia 10
led her husband or forget the other mt
dy and that her life was miserable. :
i've confessed that for some time before
The had been engaged to marry houst
d. she md maintained Illicit relate
emit with the other man.
per Houston never said a word, but
of mediately went to his office, wrote
less RESIGNATION as Governor, saddled
Ito, horse and rode into the wildernt
per This is the mystery of Sam Housto
as life. as revealed by himself. Hous
in kept a little store among the India
OF and always had barrel Of whisky
of tap. He drank all the time. 10 I
of way, he lived a couple of years, till
finally went to Texas, where
80 brilliant career as soldier In
50 ; Texas war, as President Of the lie
30; republic and Senator from the STATE
iss- Texas Is well known.
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For. tho Ladies'.